Hafta 120: Has Arnab Goswami cracked the news-entertainment genre?

English news channels are at war with Republic TV. News Broadcasting Association (NBA) files a complaint against Arnab Goswami’s new channel and accuses Republic TV of carrying multiple frequencies across genres. But is this the first time that any channel has resorted to such tricks to gain TRPs? Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande and Atul Chaurasia discuss how Arnab has mastered the art of catching eyeballs and gaining TRPs.

Also, we look at Times Now‘s criminal complaint against Goswami for theft, International Court of Justice’s order staying Kulbhshan Jhadav’s execution; the repercussions it will have, CBI raids at P Chidambaram and his son Karti’s residences, President Pranab Mukherjee’s remarks declaring Indira Gandhi the most acceptable Prime Minister and a lot more. Listen Up, there’s a song dedication too.

For references:

1. A review of #NLHafta from Ashish Chaudhary, Sheshank Reddy and Rajat Aggarwal
2. Newslaundry: Clothesline EP 82: The Golden Age of Journalism
3. Swarajya: Triple Talaq: Is It Supreme Court’s Job To Interpret The Quran Or Constitution?
4. Newslaundry: What prompted NBA’s complaint against Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV?
5. Swarajya: Three Years After 16 May 2014, It Is Clear That A Right Wing Rainbow Was Just A Mirage
6. Newslaundry: The Delusions of Beef Democrats
7.  Network movie
8. Newslaundry: Indians aren’t a “model minority” in Trump’s US. Just a minority.
9.  Get Me Roger Stone movie
10. Outlook: Reason Behind So Few Gujaratis In Army: Mercantile Ethics That Stresses On Pragmatism And Compromise Than Honour
11. Newslaundry: Why So Serious? Ep 28 – Memory Loss in Indian Politics.
12. The New Yorker: Is political hubris an illness?
13. I Am Jane Doe movie
14. Raaj Gill’s video on Facebook with young Kashmiri boys
15. Freakonomics‘ podcast: How Big is My Penis? (And Other Things We Ask Google)
16. The Atlantic: The Trump Presidency Falls Apart
17. Wwd.com: The Washington Post’s Marty Baron on the Importance of Investigative Journalism
18. Real Simple: Swearing Can Be Good for You, According to Science
19. The Washington Post: What India’s liberals get wrong about women and sharia law

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